[TowerTalk] Ham 3 Rotor Wiring

[Jon Pearl - W4ABC]

Hi Tom.

A similar question came up just a couple of weeks ago concerning T2X 
wiring.  While I had my Ham IV rotator down recently to service it, I 
didn't pay much attention to the wire colors except to note that after 
all these years, they were pretty faded.  I did a little searching on 
the web and here's what I came up with...

Norm's Rotor service web site states the following:

"The colors vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. But it really 
doesn't make any difference, as long as you make sure that you're 
connecting terminal 1 on the rotor to terminal 1 on the control box, 
terminal 2 to terminal 2, and so on. Also, on the HAM series and T2X 
rotors, you need to be aware that the heavy wires must go to terminals 1 
and 2. Norm uses this color code for CDE/Telex/Hy-gain rotors."

1. black #18 gauge 2. white #18 gauge 3. green #22 gauge 4. blue #22 gauge

5. orange #22 gauge 6. yellow #22 gauge 7. brown #22 gauge 8. red #22 gauge

http://www.rotorservice.com/faqs.htm#What is the color


Ham IV manual here:
http://www.hy-gain.com/pdffiles/HAM-IV.pdf


CD-45II manual shows actual wire colors used in the rotator on page 14.  
They are a match to those noted in Norm's comments, above:
http://www.bellscb.com/products/antennas/hy-gain/manuals/CD-45II.pdf

Let us know if this works for you.


73,


Jon Pearl - W4ABC
www.w4abc.com


On 10/21/2012 10:09 PM, Tom Martin wrote:
> I am repairing a Ham 3 that has a missing terminal strip on the bottom.  I can't find the wiring color codes for terminals 3-8.  I have 1 and 2 working the brake OK.  I would appreciate any info on the remaining wire colors to their respective terminal strip numbers.
>
> 73,
>
> Tom W8JWN
>
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